• South Africa by ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Emma and Julia‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

  Political map of South Africa

Five Themes Of Geography

Location

Absolute-

• 30* south latitude
• 25* east longitude

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• Southern hemisphere/ Eastern hemisphere
• In the continent of Africa
• Bordering countries= Nambia, Botswana, zimbabwe, mozambique

Cape Town

Place

Physical Characteristics-

Area Within the Continent

• Kwa Zulu/ Natural provinces along the east coast has high humidity
• Capetown is on the west and it is on the coast line

Physical Geography

• ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Plateau: The giant Karoo is a semi desert and is more than 400,000 square kilometers

• Savana: Biome has an average tempature of 61*F.
• Rivers: Orange is the longest river in South Africa,Vaal ia a tributary of the Orange River, Limpopo has a population of over 14 million.
• Mountains:Maluti the peak is called Thabana Ntlenyana and it is 3,482m, Drakensberg Mountains
• Cango Caves- these were discovered in 1780Physical Features in South Africa on PhotoPeach

Climate

• Kalahari Desert-‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ means "thirst land", it gets 3-7.5 inches of rainfall per yearSubtropical along coast

• Medaterainian climate along the south western coast
• Humidity is low

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Shanty Towns

• Some people live in "shanty towns" that are usually made of iron or wood or cardboard and some are only one room.
• The groom has to pay "labola" which is bride price that they can pay in cattle or money to the brides parents in order to marry her and sometimes takes years to pay up. They do that in ethnic groups.
• When someone has a wedding it usually has a lot of dancing and eating!
• Between ages 10 and 18 children have to take an initiation where older people teach them about how to be an adult.
• People there eat mealie meals which consists of cornmeal, porridge, veggies, and meat.\
• Some common sports are soccer, rugby and cricket.
• The language is made up of four groups which are called Nguini, Sotho, Tsonga or Shangana, and Venda.
• The africans that live in the rurally wear headdresses and colorful outfits and daily wear western themed clothes. Also rural girls wear a scarf, headdresses with a dress or a blouse with a skirt.
• Urban africans wear wear pants shirts, and occasionally business suits but not often do they wear shorts. African women that are urban wear African and European styles!

South Africa Lifestyle
by: juliamuise

the Zulu Villages

Human Environment Interaction

Humans adapting to the environment

• Herders move livestock seasonally because of climate changes.
• Zulu villages are made from mud houses and thatch ceilings.

Humans Changing the environment

• They grow crops like apples,corn,grapes,oranges,pineapples,pototo,sugar cane,wheat and raise livestock on farms.
• They mine for minerals such as gold, copper, coal etc.

Environmental problems due to people changing the environment

• When mining and drilling holes in the ground the land is being wasted.
• From raising livestock South Africans are facing deforestation and diseses to people due to water shortage, air pollution, and land degration.

Movement

Transportation

• Railroads carry freight trains and passengers throughout South Africa.

  Bucket of gold from South Africa

• Airplane flight, link to major cities.

Products

• Copper
• Coal
• Diamonds
• Gold
• Iron
• Urainium
• Phosphates

Information/Idea Movement

• The nation has advanced telecomunications systems. They are the best in the continent.
• The four channels are English, Afrikaans, Nguni, Sotho.
• Radio broadcasts are available in all African languages.

Regions

Exports	Percentages
Chromium and Platinum	8%
Gold	8%
Coal	6%
Iron Ores	7%
Diamonds	5%

Languages	Percentages
isiNdebele	2.1%
isiXhosa	16%
Sepedi	9.1%
Sesotho	7.6%
SiSwati	2.5%
English	9.6%
Tshivenda	2.4%
Afrikaans	14%
Zulu	23%
Xitsonga	4.5%
Sign Language	0.5%
Setswana	8%
Other	1.6%